MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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